Same Love Remix (Poem Version)
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I made a full length remix to Macklemore's song "Same Love."
These are the lyrics I wrote:
Verse 1:
When I was 7, I knew I wasn’t like my other friends
Would rather play ball than play with dolls and at ten,
Years old, I realized my school didn’t approve of me
So I hadda keep it hidden and pretend that I was gonna be
Like everybody else, follow instead of lead
Scared to ever question what a pastor said of eve
Told she was made for adam, please em and bare his seed
And even if he beats you just love him and let it be
But I chose not believe all the lies layed in front of me
And even as a youngin I knew who ide become to be
Unique, a child sent from the Heavens
Created by a God who loves you with no conditions
Yet the same people who preach about Jesus’ persecutions
Are the first to throw stones on those and bring confusion
On a sample of the public, supposedly filled with sin
their love for the same sex is cursed and un- legit
And that’s bullshit…
Chorus:
Verse 2:
Oh but lets not forget Jesus wasn’t a Christian
In fact he was a Jew and the gays fit the description
Like soddom and gomorah, ninevah and Jonah
Don’t you get to judgin if you never got to know us
Don’t tell me youre my friend but you condemn my lifestyle
Equality for everyone but if youre gay youre not entitled
To walk the streets of Heaven cause you lived a life of sin
Chose to love a woman the way you supposed to love a man
But in fact let it be known I love my neighbor as myself
And my girl has been a blessing than any one of you can know
Or care to understand this is more than getting married
Honestly ide care less, a piece of paper cant define me
Truthfully the fact is the only place that hell exists
Is in the prejudice and judgement of what real love is
cause you lack the comprehension, the ability to define
I respect your own opinion, but don’t attack whats mine
The capacity to love with no barriers or filters
To know the love from our creator, not simply quote the scripture
the right to pursue happiness despite our different cultures
All im really askin is let her meet me at the alter
Chorus
Verse 3:
So now were bein judged on the opinions and religions
This nation was found upon the oppression of the fisted
There’s really nothing different were just standin up to resist it
And if you meet us halfway you can be part of our deliverance
I know you probably mean well, I see its your tradition
And for us to just come in, trynna to change the definition
Change the whole perspective, influence it on your children
Well isn’t it about time that your people stop abusing
I still remember bein 16, the first time I kissed a girl
And im sorry if its offensive, but that day she changed my world